New Stephenie Meyer book due in June

New Meyer book due

Attention, “Twilight” fans: Stephenie Meyer has a new book coming out.

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will release “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner” on June 5. The novella is told from the viewpoint of Bree, a newborn vampire featured in “Eclipse,” one of the books in Meyer’s bestselling teen-vampire saga.

The publisher said $1 for each book sold in the United States from the first printing of 1.5 million copies will be donated to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which supports disaster relief efforts such as those in Haiti and Chile.

-- associated press Jamie Oliver’s meals nixed

A survey shows kids at the West Virginia school featured in ABC’s “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” liked their standard pizza and chicken nuggets more than the celebrity chef’s fresh, healthful menu items.

And when denied the food they were used to, many stopped buying the school lunch.

The survey at Central City Elementary in Huntington also found children drank less milk after Oliver removed the sugary chocolate and strawberry bottles.

But there is a bright spot in the data from the West Virginia University Health Research Center: More than 6 in 10 kids said they’d learned to try new foods.

-- associated press Rove heckled at theater

A group of antiwar protesters heckled former Bush political advisor Karl Rove at his book signing Monday night in Beverly Hills.

About 100 attendees watched as several protesters hurled charges at the former White House advisor and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, who was at the Saban Theatre to discuss his memoir, “Courage and Consequences: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight.”

At one point, Jodie Evans, the co-founder of the antiwar group Code Pink, approached Rove with a pair of handcuffs, saying she was there to make a citizen’s arrest.

But Rove didn’t stand by idly. He fired back at his detractors, saying, “This shows the totalitarianism of the left, they don’t believe in dialogue. . . . They don’t believe in 1st Amendment rights for anyone but themselves!”

Rove eventually left the stage. No arrests were made.

-- Yvonne Villarreal Film fest fetes Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee’s wife and daughter on Tuesday unveiled an exhibition of the late kung fu star’s personal items, photos and movie posters in Hong Kong.

The exhibit, which includes a boxing head guard and a pair of sunglasses used by Lee, is part of a tribute to the late actor at the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival. The festival is also hosting a seminar on his work this Sunday and screening nine of his movies in honor of what would have been his 70th birthday later this year.

“I think that he would be thrilled to know that his legacy has gone on and on for as long as it has and that it will continue to go on and inspire people for many, many more years to come,” said Lee’s daughter, Shannon Lee Keasler, who attended the opening ceremony with her mother, Linda Lee Cadwell.

-- associated press Lincoln Center gets jazz gift

Agnes Varis, who uses her fortune from making generic drugs to support brand-name music, has given an unrestricted $3-million gift to Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. The money will help to offset a drop in corporate and institutional donations.

Varis, 80, president of Agvar Chemicals Inc., previously launched the Metropolitan Opera’s $20 rush tickets program. She is one of 25 philanthropists and artists appointed to President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

-- bloomberg news EU president waxes poetic

Little known Belgian. Gets European Union’s highest office. Publishes poems.

EU President Herman Van Rompuy, known to some as “Haiku Herman,” will publish a book of poetry next month.

The former Belgian prime minister is an avid writer of haiku, a traditional Japanese form of poetry, unrhymed verses of three lines. Until now, he has published them on his blog. Now, with his higher profile, he’ll take the next step April 15.

-- associated press